CVE-2021-28570

CVSS V2 High 9.3 CVSS V3 High 8.6

Description

Adobe After Effects version 18.1 (and earlier) is affected by an Uncontrolled Search Path element vulnerability. An unauthenticated attacker could exploit this to to plant custom binaries and execute them with System permissions. Exploitation of this issue requires user interaction.

Overview

CVE ID
CVE-2021-28570

Assigner
psirt@adobe.com

Vulnerability Status
Analyzed

Published Version
2021-06-28T14:15:10

Last Modified Date
2021-07-02T14:21:38

Weakness Enumerations

CWE	URL
CWE-427	http://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/427.html

CPE Configuration (Product)

CPE	Vulnerable	Operator	Version End
		AND
cpe:2.3:a:adobe:after_effects::::::::	1	OR	18.1
cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows:-:::::::*	0	OR

CVSS Version 2

Version
2.0

Vector String
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Access Vector
NETWORK

Access Compatibility
MEDIUM

Authentication
NONE

Confidentiality Impact
COMPLETE

Integrity Impact
COMPLETE

Availability Impact
COMPLETE

Base Score
9.3

Severity
HIGH

Exploitability Score
8.6

Impact Score
10

CVSS Version 3

Version
3.1

Vector String
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H

Attack Vector
LOCAL

Attack Compatibility
LOW

Privileges Required
NONE

User Interaction
REQUIRED

Scope
CHANGED

Confidentiality Impact
HIGH

Availability Impact
HIGH

Base Score
8.6

Base Severity
HIGH

Exploitability Score
1.8

Impact Score
6

References

Reference URL	Reference Tags
https://helpx.adobe.com/ee/security/products/after_effects/apsb21-33.html	Not Applicable Vendor Advisory

Sources

Source Name	Source URL
NIST	https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-28570
MITRE	https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2021-28570

History

Created	Old Value	New Value	Data Type	Notes
2022-05-10 07:09:03				Added to TrackCVE
2022-12-05 05:05:46	2021-06-28T14:15Z	2021-06-28T14:15:10	CVE Published Date	updated
2022-12-05 05:05:46		2021-07-02T14:21:38	CVE Modified Date	updated
2022-12-05 05:05:46		Analyzed	Vulnerability Status	updated